“It’s a very small step from where we are right now to a place where we are charged for checking our emails.”

"There was a time when people would go to work and talk about the latest episode of The West Wing. There was a time when the idea of being trapped in your own home and living life through a screen you couldn't turn off was considered a dystopia. Those days are gone now, and all that's left is people feeling isolated in an increasingly atomized society, and their solace is to hate everyone and blame them all for their anxiety and depression, typically curled up with a screen that gives them the view of the world they agree with."

"My wife needed an MRI. The total quote was $8,000, with insurance covering $5,000. We found a place 45 minutes away that allowed cash payments and charged $800 for the same service. The fact that it costs $800 is outrageous enough, but the fact that paying out of pocket COSTS LESS than using our copay and insurance... only in the US."

"I live in Pennsylvania, and we had six tornadoes during the first bad storm of the season. When I was a kid and afraid of tornadoes (Twister came out around that time), they told me we could never have a tornado here, etc., and that they were extremely rare. We’ve been getting more every year, but somehow we're being told it’s normal."

"With how much water data centers consume, at this rate, we probably won’t last another 30."

"Well, really, it's the 0.001%. Even the majority of those in the 1% are struggling now, because they're a part of the 99.999%."

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